"Qarabağ" Defeats "Shamakhi" to Advance to the Semifinals of the Azerbaijan Cup

Today, a match will take place as part of the return game of the 1/4 final stage of the Azerbaijan Cup. Sport24.az reports that "Qarabağ" will host "Shamakhi".

The first meeting between these teams in Shamakhi ended with a 2:1 victory for the "lions". Undoubtedly, the hosts are the favorites of the match that will be held at "Tofiq Bahramov" stadium. However, a surprise can be expected from the team coached by Aykhan Abbasov.

It should be noted that the other two matches of this stage will be played tomorrow. "Kapaz" will face "Turan Tovuz", and "Gabala" will face "Sabah".

Bizon Azerbaijan Cup

1/4 final stage, return match

19:00. "Qarabağ" - "Shamakhi" 3:1 (Second half)

Goals: E. Addai, 11, 61, L. Andrade, 63. ; K. Rossi, 32

Baku. Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium.

First match: 1:2 

"Qarabağ": 99. Mateus Koxalski 55. Badavi Huseynov (c) 27. Toral Bayramov 22. Musa Gurbanli 8. Marko Jankovic 20. Kadi Borges 2. Mateus Silva 18. Dani Bolt 15. Leandro Andrade 11. Emmanuel Addai 24. Jeremy Gnali

Substitutes: 97. Fabian Buntic 89. Amin Ramazanov 30. Abbas Huseynov 77. Ramil Sheydaev 44. Elvin Jafarguliyev 10. Abdullah Zubir 81. Kevin Medina 9. Joni Montiel 6. Kris Kuaku 21. Aleksey Kashchuk 35. Pedro Bicallo 17. Camilo Duran

Head coach: Gurban Gurbanov

"Shamakhi": 1. Ricardo Fernandes (c) 2. Abdulla Rzayev 97. Oruj Mammadov 82. Rufat Abbasov 9. Karim Rossi 3. Vladislav Veremeyev 13. Ricardo Apolinario 11. Diogo Balau 4. Cesar Henrique 44. David Santos 8. Alfons Msanga

Substitutes: 62. Abdulla Seydahmedov 99. Salim Hashimov 17. Rafael Maharramli 80. Habib Ismayilov 21. Bilal Ismayilov 27. Emil Suleymanov 7. Edgar Adilhanov 48. Ramiz Muradov 77. Nihat Mehraliyev 90. Davud Mansumov 10. Andrei Tircoveanu 19. Abdullahi Shuaibu

Head coach: Aykhan Abbasov